Penny is the Chief Content Officer for Melara Enterprises and Executive Editor of Baton Rouge Business Report. She has a passion for journalism that makes a difference, epic photography, engaging graphic design and platforms that provide new opportunities for storytelling. She is a national award-winning writer and editor with over three decades of experience in metro markets, including Chicago, Kansas City, Dallas and Baton Rouge. She manages the editorial team for Melara Enterprises that produces 225, inRegister, 10/12 Industry Report and Baton Rouge Business Report.

No escape: Generous public pensions are heading down an unsustainable path and each of us will pay the price.

For the past two years, the Livingston Parish School Board—facing multimillion-dollar deficits—has declared financial...

School’s choice – Accountability and admissions could prove deciding factors for possible participation in Gov. Bobby Jindal’s proposed voucher program.

Over the past six years, The Dunham School has been in serious growth mode. The...

Parking problems – Flush with bars, boutiques and restaurants, the hip and historic Perkins Road overpass district has a serious challenge that could hinder...

Cars are parked all around DiGiulio Brothers Italian Café and on the sidewalk out...

Social entrepreneurs – Faced with dwindling traditional revenues, nonprofits are turning to the corporate model to find sustainability.

Volunteers paying fees for the opportunity to lend a hand. Clients charged higher copayments...

The lawyer’s ‘treasure trove’ – Anything you tweet, post, blog, share, tag or update can and will be used against you in a court...

It isn't just anything you say that can and will be used against you...

Prescription for change: Customers and their insurance providers are caught in the middle of the feud between Walgreens and Express Scripts.

When Faith Earley was released from the hospital a few weeks ago with prescription...

Tenuous tenure: Reform advocates gear up for another shot at eliminating the Louisiana law that guarantees educators permanent employment after three years on the...

It isn't often that you hear a classroom teacher calling for a speedy end...

What will he do for an encore? – Political observers expect Gov. Bobby Jindal to take bolder action in his second term, if for...

As Gov. Bobby Jindal begins his second term, the question that many people have...

On the recruiting trail – Louisiana aims to replace a lost generation of workers through programs designed to attract and retain future employees.

The alarm first sounded about five years ago. The oil and gas industry was headed...

An emerging player – Louisiana could see additional jobs, new market prospects and increased tax revenue as a result of export opportunities.

When it comes to natural gas, the United States has been largely an importer....
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